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Director:
Writer:
Michael Haneke (writer)
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Release Date:
4 March 1993 (Netherlands) more
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Plot:
A story about a boy called Benny, who watches violent movies, including a home-made video of a pig being slaughtered. Soon after, Benny loses his mind and kills a girl and films the murder with his video camera. | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Micheal Haneke: Masterclasses in Fear
 (From t5m.com. 3 December 2009, 10:03 AM, PST)

Michael Haneke: 'The World Would Be Much Poorer Without Art'
 (From Movieline. 2 December 2009, 9:45 AM, PST)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Benny's Video (France) [fr]
Bennyn video (Finland) [fi]
El vídeo de Benny (Spain) [es]
To video tou Benny (Greece) (TV title) [el]
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Runtime:
105 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Second part of Michael Haneke's "Glaciation Trilogy" also including Der siebente Kontinent (1989) and 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994). more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Benny leaves the phone booth in Egypt, the cameraman is visible in multiple window reflections. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#9.5)" (1996) more

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A very disturbing film..., 15 October 2009
7/10
Author: MovieGuy01 from United Kingdom

I thought that Bennys Video was quite a disturbed film, and violent at times. In Bennys Video 14-year old Benny (Arno Frisch) spends his days at school around with his school mates, visiting the video arcade, and watching scenes recorded by his video camera on the television monitor in his room. Bennys Mother (Angela Winkler) seems to only be available to fill the fridge with microwaveable food, Bennys parents spend much time away leaving Benny on his own which the young boy fills with watching a documentary film he made of a pig being slaughtered beginning with being shot in the head with a butchers gun. One afternoon Benny meets a young girl (Ingrid Stassner) in front of a video store and invites her home where they have pizza, and milk and watch videos. Benny shows the girl the butchers gun that he stole when he made the video of the pig slaughter. This is quite a violent film directed by Michael Haneke

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